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2012. Sali A. Tagliamonte. Roots of English: Exploring the history of dialects. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
2012. Sali A. Tagliamonte. Variationist Sociolinguistics: Change, Observation, Interpretation. Wiley-Blackwell Publishers. Supplementary material available here.
2006. Sali A. Tagliamonte. Analysing Sociolinguistic Variation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
2001. Shana Poplack and Sali A. Tagliamonte. African American English in the diaspora: Tense and aspect. Oxford: Blackwell.
(to appear). Sali A. Tagliamonte & Harald R. Baayen. Models, forests and trees of York English: Was/were variation as a case study for statistical practice. Check out the data!
2010. Sali A. Tagliamonte and Derek Denis. The stuff of change: General extenders in Toronto, Canada. Journal of English Linguistics.
2010. Alexandra D'Arcy and Sali A. Tagliamonte. Prestige, accommodation and the legacy of relative who. Language in Society. 39:3.1-28.
2010. Sali A. Tagliamonte, Alexandra D’Arcy, and Bridget Jankowski. Social work and linguistic systems: Marking possession in Canadian English. Language Variation and Change. 22:1.1-25.
2009. Sali A. Tagliamonte and Rebecca V. Roeder. Variation in the English definite article: Socio-historical linguistic in t'speech community. Journal of Sociolinguistics. 13.4:435-471. Joint author. Hear the variation!
2009. Sali A. Tagliamonte and Alexandra D'Arcy. Peaks beyond phonology: Adolescence, incrementation, and language change. Language. 85.1:58-108. Joint author.
2008. Sali A. Tagliamonte. So different and pretty cool: Recycling intensifiers in Toronto, Canada. Special issue of English Language and Linguistics, Intensifiers, Guest editor Bélen Mendez-Naya. 12.2:361-394.
2008. Sali A. Tagliamonte and Derek Denis. Linguistic ruin? LOL! Instant messaging and teen language. American Speech. 83(1): 3-34. First author.
2007. Sali A. Tagliamonte and Alexandra D'Arcy. Frequency and variation in the community grammar: Tracking a new change through the generations. Language Variation and Change. 19.2:341-380. Joint author.
2007. Sali A.Tagliamonte and Sonja Molfenter. How'd you get that accent? Acquiring a second dialect of the same language. Language in Society 36: 649-675. Hear the variation!
2007. Sali A. Tagliamonte and Alexandra D'Arcy. The modals of obligation/necessity in Canadian perspective. English World-Wide. 28.1:47-87. Joint author.
2006. Sali A. Tagliamonte. So awesome! The recycling of intensifiers in Canadian English. Special issue of English Language and Linguistics, Intensifiers, Guest editor Bélen Mendez-Naya.
2006. Sali A. Tagliamonte. “So cool, right?” Canadian English entering the 21st century. To appear in a special issue of the Canadian Journal of Linguistics.
2006. Sali A. Tagliamonte and Jennifer Smith. Layering, competition and a twist of fate: Deontic modality in dialects of English. Diachronica. 23.2.
2005. Sali A. Tagliamonte. So who? Like how? Just what? Discourse markers in the conversations of English speaking youth. Journal of Pragmatics. 37.11: 1896-1915.
2005. Sali A. Tagliamonte and Jennifer Smith. No momentary fancy! The zero complementizer in English dialects. English Language and Linguistics. 9.2: 1-12.
2005. Sali A. Tagliamonte, Jennifer Smith and Helen Lawrence. No taming the vernacular! Insights from the relatives in northern Britain. Language Variation and Change. 17.1: 75-112.
2005. Sali A. Tagliamonte and Chris Roberts. So weird; so cool; so innovative: The use of intensifiers in the television series Friends. American Speech. 80.3: 280-300
2005. Sali A. Tagliamonte and Rosalind Temple. New perspectives on an ol’ variable. Language Variation and Change. 17.3: 281-302. Joint author.
(in prep). Sali A. Tagliamonte. Trend-setting in Toronto: A Canadian perspective on innovation and change in the verb phrase and beyond. To appear in Bas Aarts, Joanne Close, Geoffrey Leech and Sean Wallis (eds). Current Change in the English Verb Phrase. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
(to appear). Sali A. Tagliamonte. Variation as a window on universals. To appear in Siemund, Peter (ed). Linguistic universals and language variation. Berlin and New York: Mouton de Gruyter.
(to appear). Sali A. Tagliamonte. Variation theory: A descriptive interpretive method in modern linguistics. To appear in Krug, Manfred and Schulter, Julia (eds). A handbook on methods in variation in English.
2009 Sali A. Tagliamonte. Be like: the new quotative of English. The New Sociolinguistics Reader. Nikolas Coupland and Adam Jaworski (eds.) Palgrave/Macmillan. 75-91.
2009. Sali A. Tagliamonte. There was universals; then there weren’t: A comparative sociolinguistic perspective on ‘default singulars’. Fillpula, Markku Paulasto, Heli and Klemola, Juhani, (eds.). Vernacular universals versus contact induced change. Oxford: Routledge. 103-129.
2008. Sali A. Tagliamonte. Conversations from the speech community: Exploring language variation in synchronic dialect corpora, In Nevalainen, Terttu, Taavitsainen, Irma, Pahta, Päivi, Korhonen, Minna, Eds. The Dynamics of Linguistic Variation: Corpus Evidence on English Past and Present. Amsterdam: Benjamins. 107-128.
2008. Sali A. Tagliamonte. There was universals; then there weren’t: A comparative sociolinguistic perspective on ‘default singulars’. In Fillpula, M., Klemola, J. & Paulasto, H. (Eds.), Vernacular Universals versus Contact Induced Change. Oxford: Routledge.
2007. Sali A. Tagliamonte. Quantitative Analysis. In Bayley, Robert and Lucas, Ceil (eds.) Sociolinguistic Variation: Theories, Methods, and Applications. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
2007. Sali A. Tagliamonte. Representing Real Language: Consistency, Trade-offs and Thinking ahead! In Beal, Joan, Corrigan, Karen & Moisl, Hermann (Eds). Using unconventional digital language corpora. Volume 1: Synchronic corpora. Palgrave Macmillan:Basingstoke, Hampshire. pp 205-240.
2006. Sali A. Tagliamonte. Historical change in synchronic perspective: The legacy of British dialects. In Ans van Kemenade and Bettelou Los. (eds.) Handbook on the History of English. Blackwell Publishers. Malden, New York. pp 477-506.
2005. Sali A. Tagliamonte, Jennifer Smith, and Helen Lawrence. Disentangling the Roots: The Legacy of British dialects in Cross-Variety Perspective. In Dialects across borders: Selected papers from the 11th international conference on methods in dialectology (Methods XI). Joensuu, Finland. August 2002. Filppula, Markku; Klemola, Juhani; Palander, Marjatta; Penttilä, Esa (eds.) pp 87-117. Primary author.
2005 Shana Poplack, and Sali A. Tagliamonte. Back to the present: Verbal –s in the (African American) diaspora. Hickey, Raymond. (ed.). Transported Dialects: Legacies of non-standard colonial English. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge. Joint author. 203-223. [20 pages].
The Elephant and the Pendulum: Variationist
Perspectives 2012. Keynote
lecture at NWAV41, Bloomington, Indiana, October 25-28, 2012. Get the slides,
the
handout and the
abstract!
Vernacular
repercussions of adaptive change. Presented at NWAV41,
Bloomington, Indiana, October 25-28, 2012. (with
Alexandra D'Arcy).
On the
genitive's trail: data and method from a sociolinguistic
perspective. Presented at
the workshop for Genitive Variation in English at ISLE 2011
(International Society for the Linguistics of English,
Boston, Massachusetts, June 17-21, 2011. (with Bridget
Jankowski).
Everyone loves someone: Indefinite reference across the hemispheres. Presented at IAWE 16 (International Association for World Englishes). Vancouver, B.C., Canada. July 25-27, 2010. (with Alexandra D'Arcy).
Comparative sociolinguistics meets grammaticalization in corpora: A case study of future ‘going to’ in 10 English dialects. Presented at ICAME 31. Giessen, Germany. May 26-30, 2010. (with Jennifer Smith and Mercedes Durham).
I swear [that] I think [that] I have! Syntax, situation and society as windows on grammar. Presented at NWAV 38. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. October 22-25, 2009. (with Alexandra D'Arcy).
Queer youth in the speech community: Enriching large scale studies of variation and change. Presented at NWAV 38. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. October 22-25, 2009. (with Dylan Uscher).
A tale of two cities: Comparing sociolinguistic patterns in England and Canada. Presented at AACL 2009. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. October 8-11, 2009. (with Cathleen Waters).
Grammaticalization in time and space: Tracing the pathways of FUTURE going to across the British Isles. Presented at UK Language Variation and Change Workshop [UK-LVC 7]. Newcastle, England. September 1-3, 2009. (with Jennifer Smith and Mercedes Durham).
Corpora of the smaller kind: A panel study of quotative “be like”. Presented at ICAME 30. Lancaster, England. May 27-31, 2009.
Historical doublets in synchronic perspective: The English indefinite pronouns. Presented at Studies in the History of the English Language (SHEL6). Banff, Alberta, Canada. April 30–May 3, 2009.
Who knew? New insights into the social life of relatives. NWAV 37. Houston, Texas, USA. November 6-9, 2008. (with Alex D'Arcy). Joint Author.
From community to community: Transmission and diffusion in Canadian English. NWAV 37. Houston, Texas, USA. November 6-9, 2008. (with Derek Denis). First Author.
English has (got) it: Grammaticalizing change in comparative perspective. International Society for the Linguistics of English. University of Freibourg, Freibourg, Germany. October 8-11, 2008.
Lexically Skewed or Lexically Driven. Methods in Dialectology XIII. University of Leeds, England. August 3-8, 2008
Linguistic change in adolescence: Comparing a trend and panel study on ‘be like’. Change and Variation in Canada II Conference. Ottawa University, Department of Linguistics. June 21-22, 2008.
From adolescence to adulthood: A panel study of “Clara”. Linguistic Variation Across the Lifespan Conference. Ohio State University, Department of Linguistics. May 2-3, 2008.
Variation and change in the English genitive: A sociolinguistic perspective. LSA Annual Meeting. Chicago, USA. 3-5 January, 2008.(with Lidia Jarmasz). Joint Author.
The stuff of change: General extenders in North American English. American Dialect Society Annual Meeting (ADS). Chicago, USA. 3-5 January, 2008.(with Derek Denis). Joint Author.
Variation in the definite article: Exploring the sociophonetics of its form and function. New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAV) 36, Phildelphia, Pennsylvania. October 11-14, 2007. (with Rebecca Roeder). Joint Author.
To peak or not to peak: Exploring the incremention of linguistic change. New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAV) 36, Phildelphia, Pennsylvania. October 11-14, 2007. (with Alex D'Arcy). Joint Author.
Dialects as diachrony. International Conference on English Historical Dialectology (ICEHD), Bergamo, Italy. August 23-25, 2007.
Variation as a window on universals. Vernacular Universals workshop (UNIVAR), Hamburg, Germany. July 13-14, 2007.
Corpora from the vitual world: Teeangers, instant messaging and language change. International Computer Archive of Modern and Medieval English Conference (ICAME 28), Stratford-upon-Avon, England. May 23-27, 2007.
It isn't the same anymore, eh? Toronto English entering the 21st century. Change and Variation in Canada (CVC) Conference, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. May 5-6, 2007.
Northern Englishes: A Comparative sociolinguistic perspective. Northern Englishes Workshop, Edinburgh, UK, March 16-17, 2007.
Sociolinguistics in the secular world: Language Variation and Change. Presented at New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAV 35), November 9-12. Columbus, United States. Get the handout!
LOL for real! Instant messaging in Toronto teens. Presented at Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States (LACUS), July 31 - August 4, 2006. Toronto, Canada. (with Derek Denis). Joint Author.
Conversations from the speech community: Exploring variation and change in synchronic dialect corpora. Presented at ICAME, Helsinki, Finland, May 24-28, 2006.
Sometimes there's universals; sometimes there aren't: A comparative sociolinguistic perspetive on 'default singulars'. Presented at World Englishes: Vernacular Universals vs. Contact-Induced Change: An international symposium. University of Joensuu Research Station, Mekrijärvi, Finland. 2006.
The city of neighbourhoods: Language variation and change in Toronto. Presented at Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States (LACUS) Toronto, Canada, July 31-August 4, 2006.
Ongoing change and vernacular stability: The case of variable have (got). Presented at NWAVE 34. New York City, New York, 20 October – 23 October, 2005. (with Bridget Jankowski and Alex D’Arcy). Joint Authors.
OMG, its so PC! Instant Messaging and Teen Language. Presented at NWAVE 34. New York City, New York, 20 October – 23 October, 2005. (with Derek Denis). Joint Author.
Kids in new contexts: Acquiring a 2nd Dialect of the same language. Presented at Methods XXII: Twelfth International Conference on Methods in Dialectology, Moncton, New Brunswick, 1-5 August, 2005. (with Sonja Molfenter). Joint Author.
It’s like “So cool, right?” Canadian English entering the 21st century. Presented at Canadian English in the Global Context. Toronto, Ontario, 28-30 January, 2005.
Taking it to the streets! A sociolinguistic survey of old-line Toronto. Poster presented at NWAVE 33. Ann Arbor, Michigan, 30 September – 3 October, 2004. (with Sonja Molfenter and Matthew King). Get the handout!
CBC Ottawa. "'Pickin' Burries', the Ottawa Valley dialect". 1.6.2012.
TVCogeco (Niagara Cable 10). "The Source". Interviewed by William Kelly on Language and the Internet as part of the Applied Linguistics Speaker Series at Brock University. 20.1.2012.
CBC Radio. "Fresh Air". Interviewed on Northern Ontario dialects by Mary Ito. 15.1.2012.
ABC Radio. "The Morning Show". Interviewed on IM. Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia. 11.1.2006.
Radio Canada International."Canada Today". Interviewed on Toronto English by Jim Craig. 23.8.2005.
CFRB 1010. "The Jim Richards Show". Interviewed on Toronto English by Jim Richards. 25.7.2005.
640 News. "The Mike Stafford Show". Interviewed on Toronto English by Mike Stafford. 21.7.2005.
Global TV."Global News". Interviewed on Toronto English by Terese Sears 21.7.2005.
CBC and 97.3 FM. "Metro Morning". Interviewed on Female Adolescents Trendsetters in Teen Talk by Andy Barry. 19.7.2005.
BBC. "BBC Voices". Interviewed on Media and Language by Vivienne Perry. 13.7.2005.
CIUT Radio. "Dialogue". Interviewed on Research in Sociolinguistics by Jennifer Leonard. 5.7.05.
CBC Radio. "Ontario Today". Interviewed on Canadian English by Allan Zeal. 27.1.05.
(2010-2013). Transmission and diffusion in Canadian English. Research Grant. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. (SSHRCC). #410-101-129.
(2007-2010). Directions of Change in Canadian English. Research Grant. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRCC). #410-070-048.
(2003-2006). Linguistic changes in Canada entering the 21st century. Research Grant. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRCC). #410-2003-0005.